Preview: Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Florida Panthers, 7 p.m. Saturday

November 29, 2013|By Harvey Fialkov, Sun Sentinel

Penguins at Panthers

When/Where: 7 p.m., BB&T Center, Sunrise

TV: FSF Radio: 560-AM

Scouting report: The Panthers stunned the Penguins 6-3 in their home opener as Brad Boyes, rookie Aleksander Barkov and Tomas Fleischmann combined for 10 points to spoil goalie Jeff Zatkoff's NHL debut. ... Florida is 4-3-1 in its last eight after losing 5-2 to the Rangers on Wednesday. ... The Penguins are led by the NHL's top two scoring leaders, Sidney Crosby (33 points) and Evgeni Malkin (30). Malkin has 12 points in his last six games and James Neal has 11 points in his last five. ... The Penguins, 4-1-1 in their last six, have 22 PPGs to Florida's nine. ... Pittsburgh will be playing its second game in two days after visiting Tampa on Friday. ... F Scottie Upshall is in the midst of his best streak as a Panther with eight points in eight games. ... Pens F Tanner Glass, D Chris Kunitz and G Tomas Vokoun are on IR, as are Panthers D Ed Jovanovski and D Matt Gilroy. F Tomas Kopecky (hand) is out but nearing a return, and F Jesse Winchester is probable.